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kitamesume:
if you haven't noticed THATS OPTION 6 of my suggestions.

wireless and thick concrete doesn't mix, theres hardly any other solution to boost signals and most of them compromises too much to achieve one thing.


6) either the best way is to plant wires at the shortest route, through outside is what i think rather than through the door, stairs, back into the door.
7) or put both transmitters nearer the window, the signals would circle outside instead of going through two thick concretes.
7.1) or do it like this via placing the transmitters nearer each other, yes mount it onto the ceiling if you must, oh look i shrunk like 60% more or less of the distance.
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and do note, in terms of least costs bare cable > repeater, you're your own labor. see first as to how much would a repeater cost locally, they could potentially reach 50+$ a piece(cheap ones could go as low as 20$, and good strong ones go as far as 100$), more so with multiple repeaters.
if you're willing to spend more than 100$, might as well consider purchasing something else, a 600mW wifi router maybe?

edit: theres also the way of brute force, buying directional bi-quad antennas facing each other through the floors, but of course cancer for the living that goes in between the signals.

although im still waiting for the reply if the airport express supports external antennas, if they do then find out which type of wifi it uses and purchase a matching 12dB antenna and take note of the antenna connector, place the antenna onto a spot which your consoles gets good signal.
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SirSkyRider:
So, here's an update:

1. Placing wires outside the house is not an option. First of all, my mother wouldn't allow it, second reason is that we have special windows with shutters directly mounted to them and we'd have to go through these as well to mount the cable.

2. The AirPort devices both (neither Extreme nor Express) do not support external antennas.

3. Reception is quite OK with my laptop on the 2nd Floor.

4. The PS3 or rather the TV rack it is inside cannot be moved to another place.

OK, so here's another solution I came up with loosely based on kitamesume's Idea with the external antenna:

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First, I ditch the AirPort Express (can sell it on eBay maybe) and get a router/access point device with the possibility to install external antennas (maybe even one with a 5GHz band). Next, I let the antenna cable run up to the ceiling and to the approximate middle of the room. There's a lamp installed there that has some sort of blind which I can use to glue the antenna to. Next, I place a bridging device on the floor of the room in 2F, close to where the antenna will be located. From there, I will place an ethernet cable running along the floor to the PS3 and its merry friends.
Any objections?

datora:
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Have you looked into powerline networking?

 - http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=294&name=Powerline-Networking

I've not used it myself.  In my situation, I've run Cat7 cable through GB routers & switches, with a couple 450/450 wireless routers.

I did read up a bit on powerline networks and one of my friends has used them a bit.  A lot of positive reviews, but you have to shop for robust, reliable equipment.  I only give the newegg URL as an example of a place to start for reviews & vocabulary to begin searches, and I see these devices showing up weekly in their newsletters and Shell Shocker deals.

kitamesume:
^ he did mention that the powerlines were isolated on each floors.

@SirSkyRider
based on number 4, i'd say the only problem are the consoles being too weak to receive/transmit the signals, you'll only need one repeater placed onto the console if thats the case, at least not two(two being the worst case since it quadruples latencies and quarters the overall bandwidth, not a good thing).

yes that may work, and since your laptop is getting consistent connection without any modification, you'd only either need a signal booster on the 2nd floor on that spot you've placed, or a repeater.

on a slightly more complicated note although the cheapest, look into turning your laptop into a repeater (temporarily?), you'd then save money from purchasing one, and could test it before hand if you really do want to purchase one.
windows 7 - http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/254729-turn-windows-7-laptop-into-wireless-repeater-one-wireless-adapter.html
http://www.connectify.me/
http://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/
http://www.mypublicwifi.com/publicwifi/en/index.html

Freedom Kira:

--- Quote from: SirSkyRider on October 02, 2012, 01:28:53 PM ---First, I ditch the AirPort Express (can sell it on eBay maybe) and get a router/access point device with the possibility to install external antennas (maybe even one with a 5GHz band). Next, I let the antenna cable run up to the ceiling and to the approximate middle of the room. There's a lamp installed there that has some sort of blind which I can use to glue the antenna to. Next, I place a bridging device on the floor of the room in 2F, close to where the antenna will be located. From there, I will place an ethernet cable running along the floor to the PS3 and its merry friends.

Any objections?

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I would first try it without running the antenna to the ceiling. That can easily double the amount of work you would have to do if you didn't have to do that (not to mention glue is generally an ugly thing). And if your ceiling is less than 20 feet high, it'd hardly be of any benefit.

By bridging device, you mean repeater? Sounds like it should work.

In case you're wondering what my aforementioned friend's setup is, he's using a Rosewill N150RT as a main router, and a Rosewill N4PS as a repeater. The latter also has a Rosewill RNX-A2-EX external antenna attached, which is totally not necessary anymore because it's just sitting on top of the router.

The N4PS was having trouble routing their TV connection properly, which is the only reason why the N150RT is the main router. Otherwise they'd probably just have the N4PS and the antenna in the basement, and ditch the little N150RT altogether.

Anyway, you should try getting two of the N4PS and setting one up as a router and the other as a repeater on the first or second floor. It's a pretty cheap router and should run you less than $100 shipped for two.

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